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  Mr John Henry Hesketh - Titanic Biographies - Encyclopedia Titanica
Hesketh served aboard a number of the company`s vessels and was involved in the salvage of the Seuvic following that ship`s grounding.
Hesketh was in Boiler-Room No. 6 when the Titanic struck the iceberg, he barely managed to shut the dampers (shutting off the flow of air to the fires) when he heard a sound like a gun going off.
Hesketh and leading Stoker Frederick Barrett were suddenly hit by a jet of icy water, they ran aft and managed to clamber through the doorway of the tunnel into boiler-room 5 as the watertight door closed.
www.encyclopedia-titanica.org /biography/1518   (347 words)

  
 F1 News - Grandprix.com > GP Encyclopedia > Constructors > Hesketh Racing
Lord Thomas Alexander Fermor-Hesketh, the third baron of Hesketh, was born in 1950 and succeeded to the title at the age of five.
Hesketh bought a Surtees TS15 F2 car and an old TS9 car for occasional F1 races, announcing that the team would move to F1 in 1974.
Hesketh, however, set a deadline for finding sponsorship to keep the team going and when that passed he announced that he was pulling out of F1.
www.grandprix.com /gpe/con-heske.html   (811 words)

  
 Joe Hesketh   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Hesketh and others recall that the Monkarsh approach featured a strong work ethic and slavish devotion to the fundamentals, an approach that turned young flamethrowers into savvy pitchers.
Hesketh developed into the ace of the Bulls' staff, a starter and reliever who gave his team the best his left arm had to offer in every situation.
Hesketh's road to the "show" was a difficult one, but after three years of toiling in the minors, his 1984 season at Indianapolis (12-3, 3.05 ERA, American Association Pitcher of the Year) opened the door.
www.buffalosportshallfame.com /Class_of_2002/Joe_Hesketh/joe_hesketh.html   (414 words)

  
 'Fleetwood Hesketh', Joseph Wright of Derby (1734 - 1797)
Fleetwood Hesketh came from a family of Lancashire landowners.
He is painted close to the picture plane and is strongly lit and meticulously observed.
The outdoor setting and hunting clothes all help to give Hesketh the air of a trusted custodian of the land.
www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk /walker/collections/18c/derby-hesketh.asp   (97 words)

  
 Robert Hesketh | Obituaries | News | Telegraph
Robert Hesketh, who has died aged 48, was a leading supporter of the ancient sport of coursing; he died on November 14, less than a week after the passing of the Act of Parliament banning hunting with dogs.
Rob Hesketh was a member of the committee of the Waterloo Cup, once the country's biggest sporting event, which is held every February at Altcar only six miles away from Meols, the Hesketh estate on the outskirts of Southport.
Roger Hesketh, who dropped the Fleetwood from his name in the year of his son's birth, was the mastermind behind Operation Fortitude, which persuaded Hitler that the Allies were going to invade Europe via the Pas de Calais and not Normandy.
www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&targetRule=10&xml=/news/2004/12/27/db2702.xml   (782 words)

  
 Grand Prix Racing - the whole story   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Lord Alexander Hesketh was a man born with a passion for motor sport and the sort of fortune that could afford him his own team to play with.
During their first season in the circus the Hesketh team was often frowned upon by the more established teams, with their penchant for parties and champagne-toting butlers in the pitlane.
Hesketh called a halt to the operation and sold his cars to Frank Williams, who was embarking on an ill-fated partnership with Walter Wolf.
www.gpracing.net192.com /teams/61.cfm   (436 words)

  
 Hesketh, Kenneth
Hesketh attended Tanglewood in 1995 as the Leonard Bernstein Fellow and studied with Henri Dutilleux.
The Fondation André Chevillion-Yvonne Bonnaud prize was awarded to Hesketh at the 2004 Concours International de Piano d'Orléans after a performance of his Three Japanese Miniatures by pianist Daniel Becker.
Kenneth Hesketh is a professor of composition and orchestration at the Royal College of Music.
www.schott-music.com /autoren/KomponistenAZ/show,3514.html   (173 words)

  
 HH a magnet for talent   (Site not responding. Last check: )
An attraction for Toni is Hesketh Henry's lack of obsession with long working hours, Hesketh Henry emphasises the importance of doing what the client wants, get the chargeable hours done, rather than bragging about putting in long hours.
Hesketh Henry found that it was seen as closely matching the 'attractor' rather than the 'turn-off' profile.
The attraction of joining Hesketh Henry was the access to resources, the clout of a firm that had been around a long time, and the opportunity to develop his career.
www.heskethhenry.co.nz /about/HHamagnetfortalent.aspx   (885 words)

  
 Hesketh Golf Club - Courses - Visit Southport
Hesketh is the oldest golf club in Southport, established in 1885.
Hesketh is well established in the history of golf, the English Golf Union has its roots here, the initiative came from a former Hesketh Captain who went on to become the Union’s first president.
Among the famous names to play at Hesketh is Henry Cotton, who set a course record of 68 in 1932 and not forgetting the Bentley brothers, Harry and Arnold, often described as the most illustrious pair of brothers in the history of the amateur game.
www.visitsouthport.com /site/golf/courses/hesketh-golf-club-p18417map?zoom=6   (495 words)

  
 Hesketh Dell Torquay   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Hesketh Dell can be booked for up to 6 people (lower ground floor is closed) or can be booked for up to 10 people (whole house).
A regency Grade II residence in a Mediterranean-style setting, part of Torquay's famous Georgian Hesketh Crescent built by the Harvey brothers,1848 who were famous for building many of the magnificent villas in Notting Hill and Holland Park, London.
Hesketh Dell is found at the end of the crescent set back behind large wrought iron gates, standing in its own secluded grounds of some two thirds of an acre.
www.torquay.com /self_catering/hesketh_dell.htm   (376 words)

  
 Hesketh Motorcycles   (Site not responding. Last check: )
It appears that the prototype Heskeths were shaft driven, this was dropped after BMW sued Yamaha for infringement of patent over the XS750/XS110.
When Hesketh first thought of making a motorcycle they obtained the best-selling large tourers of the day and copied what they considered to be the best characteristics including the shaft drive.
Yes Hesketh's are still made to order in very small numbers by one of the old companys development engineers.
www.cybermotorcycle.com /euro/brands/hesketh.htm   (1947 words)

  
 hesketh.com/inc: Leadership
Their diverse backgrounds, talents, and experience are essential ingredients in our user-centric design approach and our customer-centric style of service delivery.
In 1995, Heather Hesketh founded hesketh.com, forging ahead in a new era of Web site and application development services.
Hesketh is a graduate of North Carolina State University's Aerospace Engineering program.
www.hesketh.com /about/leadership.html   (401 words)

  
 First World War.com - Who's Who - Hesketh Hesketh-Prichard
Major Hesketh Vernon Hesketh-Prichard (1876-1922) played a notable role in organising effective British sniping practices during the First World War.
Hesketh-Prichard's background prior to war in 1914 was chiefly as a big-game hunter (and was regarded by some at the time as the world's best rifle shot), which as was often the case involved much travel.
It was often wistfully wished for by soldiers in particularly busy sectors.
www.firstworldwar.com /bio/hesketh.htm   (446 words)

  
 The Dowager Lady Hesketh obituary - Times Online
TO THE politicians, journalists and academics who gathered around her table at Pomfret Lodge in Northamptonshire, Kisty Hesketh was the ultimate hostess, bringing together friends and acquaintances from the broadest spectrum of society, encouraging discussion, argument and debate.
To serious students of Scottish history she was a diligent researcher, author of the definitive handbook on Scottish tartans, an expert on the Stuarts in general and Charles I in particular.
Then, at 20, she met and married Freddy, 2nd Lord Hesketh, a descendant of a long-established Lancashire family which had once owned Rufford Hall, where Shakespeare is said to have performed as a member of the Hesketh troupe.
www.timesonline.co.uk /article/0,,60-2131382,00.html   (1615 words)

  
 Joe Hesketh Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
View Joe Hesketh's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines
Statistics may come from our work, the Baseball Databank, or other sources including SABR.org and RetroSheet.org..
www.baseball-reference.com /h/heskejo01.shtml   (1194 words)

  
 Hesketh Bank Tourist Information on AboutBritain.com
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www.aboutbritain.com /towns/hesketh-bank.asp   (371 words)

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